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Hire Dr. James B.
South Africa
Medical scientist: Sports Medicine & Public Health | Biostatistical analyses &visualisation
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Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stellenbosch University
July 2017 - Present 
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
February 2015 - June 2017
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Cape Town
January 2015 - June 2017
Education
Health Economics (MPH )
University of Cape Town
January 2015 - October 2018
PhD (Exercise Science and Sports Medicine)
University of Cape Town
2010 - 2014
M.Sc (Med.) Exercise Science (Human Biology)
University of Cape Town
January 2009 - June 2010
Bachelor of Science Honours (Exercise Science)
University of Cape Town
January 2008 - December 2008
Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry and Physiology)
University of Cape Town
January 2004 - December 2006
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
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(2020). Predictors of throwing performance in amateur male cricketers: A musculoskeletal approach . European Journal of Sport Science. p. 1--24. Informa {UK} Limited
(2020). BokSmart rugby safety education courses are associated with improvements in behavioural determinants in attending coaches and referees: presurvey–postsurvey study . Injury Prevention.
(2020). Technical determinants of tackle and ruck performance in International Rugby Sevens . European Journal of Sport Science. p. 1--12. Informa {UK} Limited
(2020). Evaluating the Implementation of Injury Prevention Strategies in Rugby Union and League: A Systematic Review using the RE-AIM Framework . International Journal of Sports Medicine.
(2019). ‘In a blink of an eye your life can change’: experiences of players sustaining a rugby-related acute spinal cord injury . Injury Prevention. 25. (4). p. 313--320. {BMJ}
(2019). Rating of perceived challenge as a measure of internal load for technical skill performance . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53. (10). p. 611--613. {BMJ}
Badenhorst, Marelise and Verhagen, Evert and Lambert, Mike and van Mechelen, Willem and Brown, James(2019). When This Happens, You Want the Best Care: Players' Experiences of Barriers and Facilitators of the Immediate Management of Rugby-Related Acute Spinal Cord Injury . Qualitative health research. 100. p. 104973231983493.
Sewry, Nicola and Verhagen, Evert and Lambert, Mike and Mechelen, Willem Van and Readhead, Clint and Viljoen, Wayne and Brown, James(2019). Seasonal time-loss match injury rates and burden in South African under-16 rugby teams . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 22. (1). p. 54--58. Sports Medicine Australia
(2018). Coach-directed education is associated with injury-prevention behaviour in players: an ecological cross-sectional study . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 52. (15). p. 989--993. {BMJ}
(2018). Quality of life among individuals with rugby-related spinal cord injuries in South Africa: a descriptive cross-sectional study . BMJ Open. 8. (6). p. e020890.
(2018). Non-sanctioning of illegal tackles in South African youth community rugby . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 21. (6). p. 631--634. Elsevier {BV}
(2018). Trends in time-loss injuries during the 2011-2016 South African Rugby Youth Weeks . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 19. p. 713.
(2017). Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Implementation of the BokSmart Safe Six Injury Prevention Programme: a study protocol . Injury Prevention. p. injuryprev--2016--042188. {BMJ}
(2017). Back to basics with some new tools: first ensure the safety of sporting environments . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 51. (15). p. 1109--1110. {BMJ}
(2017). A comparison of catastrophic injury incidence rates by Provincial Rugby Union in South Africa . Journal of science and medicine in sport.
Ross Tucker, Martin Raftery, Simon Kemp, Brown, J., Gordon Fuller, Bevin Hester, Matthew Cross, Kenneth Quarrie. Risk factors for head injury events in professional rugby union: a video analysis of 464 head injury events to inform proposed injury prevention strategies. British Journal of Sports Medicine, Online June 2017.
(2017). Rugby union needs a contact skill-training programme . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 51. (10). p. 829--830. {BMJ}
(2016). Tackle technique and tackle-related injuries in high-level South African Rugby Union under-18 players: real-match video analysis . British journal of sports medicine.
(2016). Video analysis of concussion injury mechanism in under-18 rugby . BMJ open sport & exercise medicine.
(2015). The economic burden of time-loss injuries to youth players participating in week-long rugby union tournaments . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 18. (4). p. 394--399. Elsevier {BV}
(2015). The BokSmart intervention programme is associated with improvements in injury prevention behaviours of rugby union players: an ecological cross-sectional study . Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.
(2014). Are we currently underestimating the risk of scrum-related neck injuries in rugby union front-row players? . British journal of sports medicine.
(2014). An evidence-driven approach to scrum law modifications in amateur rugby played in South Africa . British journal of sports medicine.
(2014). Tackle-related injury rates and nature of injuries in South African Youth Week tournament rugby union players (under-13 to under-18): an observational cohort study . BMJ open.
(2011). The COL5A1 gene, ultra-marathon running performance, and range of motion . International journal of sports physiology and performance.
James C Brown. The introduction of an international model to reduce injuries in Rugby Union in South Africa. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. June 2011.
James C Brown, Evert Verhagen, Wayne Viljoen, Clint Readhead, Sharief Hendricks, Willem Van Mechelen, Mike Lambert. The incidence and severity of injuries at the 2011 South African Rugby Union (SARU) Youth Week Tournaments. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. February 2012.
J.C. Brown, C-J. Miller, M.P. Schwellnus, M. Collins. Range of motion measurements diverge with increasing age for COL5A1 genotypes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. Epub Mar 1, 2011.
J.Brown, J.M. Smith. The cost of physical inactivity to a nation: the role of sports medicine and its allied health professionals in preventing a crisis. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 21 (3). 2009.
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